Cape Horn, Columbia River, Oregon

1867

Carleton E. Watkins

Artist, American, 1829 - 1916

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50.1 x 38.1 cm (19 3/4 x 15 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.36.126

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • 19th Century Photographs from the Collection of Mary and David Robinson, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1986.

1995

  • The First Century of Photography: New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

  • Seeing Things, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 1995.

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999.

Bibliography

1989

  • Carleton E. Watkins: Photographs 1861-1874. San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 1989, illus. pl.93.

1990

  • Greenough 1990, illus. pl. 102.

Inscriptions

lower left printed: 419. Cape Horn, Columbia River, Oregon.; lower right printed: Taber Photo, San Francisco; all by later hands, on mount: lower right in graphite: 1867 / CW.165.X

Wikidata ID

Q64145658

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